July 3, 2010
I will always remember it.
This is my favorite picture from the day, and I feel that it totally captures every feeling I
have had about this day...
I just love it!
My day started off the way every 4th of July weekend should (since technically all these festivities were on July 3rd, I have to say weekend). Lily got to go to her first parade with her cousins. We had the best time. I get so emotional so quickly, and I teared up every few minutes. While sitting in the grass, I look up and there's my little girl. She' got her American flag in one hand and she's sitting on the curb anticipating the parade to start. All day today she looked reminded me of a picture I'd see in someone's house representing the American spirit that is in us all. It was beautiful.
I tried so many times to talk to her about freedom. About the men who rode in the truck at the end of the parade. The old men who could barely wave. I tried so hard to explain to her that those men fought to protect us. But every time I tried, I couldn't get the words out. It's too emotional to explain. Those men put their lives on the line so that we could have days like today.
Perfect days.
We spent the afternoon preparing for the evening....the 'big' party at Aunt Janet's house :-) Here are the highlights...and WOW was it an AMAZING night!!
Enjoy some pics, and my thought to go along.
I love when there's enough people at an event to have a kids table :-)
Eating as much as you want and not caring if you don't finish all that's on your plate...cause you'll be back in 20 minutes after you've played for a while to finish it up :-)
Having the FIRST ANNUAL water gun/water balloon fight at the Hubbells/Simms cookout :-) It was the first of many to come!!
Running around all day, playing with as many toys as you can, and using the water hose for as long as mom (or your aunt in this case!) will leave it on!!
Wearing 'regular' clothes, but being soaked all over!! (Toothless and all! ha!)
Drinkin' so much juice that you have a juice mustache!!
Before watching fireworks (the most perfect view from my sisters driveway of the New Albany fireworks) everyone's got to get sprayed down so that the mosquitos leave you alone :-)
I love tuckering little kids out so that they sleep in the next morning! Khloe was up way past her bedtime and she was so wiped out her eyes were all red :-(
What better ending to the day could you ask for than for the 10 minute ride home at nearly midnight...riding in "Haven" (the new van) and watching a few minutes of ARIEL!! Oh yes...headphones and all...she sang 'I wanna be where the people are. I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancing' and she sang the whole song! It was HILARIOUS!! Yay for the tv in the van, headphones and Ariel...oh the fun it has already provided our family!!
Exhausted and refreshed all in the same day. No worries.
Parades.
Family.
Fun.
Fireworks.
Honoring.
Thank God for the men who fought so hard so that we could be free.
I love freedom.
